Naazie Godwin K, Agyemang Isaac, Tampah-Naah Anthony M
Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, (SDD-UBIDS) P.O. Box WA64, Wa, West Africa, Ghana.
Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, William V.S. Tubman University, P.O Box 3570, Harper, Maryland County, Republic of Liberia.
Heliyon. 2024 Aug 8;10(16):e35539. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35539. eCollection 2024 Aug 30.
In Africa, urban agriculture is critical in addressing food security issues, economic and environmental sustainability in rapidly urbanizing regions such as urban Ghana. However, the factors that influence urban residents' participation in urban agricultural production under climate change adaptation has little space in the extant literature. Recognizing the increasing challenges posed by climate change, this study aims to understand the socio-economic factors influencing urban households' participation in agricultural activities and its implications for climate change adaptation and to draw urban households' socio-economic characteristics and their association with participating in urban agricultural production in the era of climate change effects in urban areas of Ghana. A quantitative approach is employed, involving a sample size of 362 urban households' across diverse neighbourhoods. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics-frequencies and percentages, inferential statistics-chi-square test and binary regression models, are employed to quantify the relationships between demographic factors and participation levels. The data suggests correlations between demographic variables, such as household size and income are significant at an alpha 0.05 in determining an urban household's participation in urban agricultural production under climatic stressors. Meanwhile, more urban households' in middle and high-class areas participate in urban agriculture than the lower class. Land acquisition is basically through purchasing which is a challenge in urban agriculture production. The study concluded that urban household size and monthly income are influential factors in urban households' participation in urban agricultural production even though land acquisition plays a factor. The study suggests that policymakers and stakeholders should harness the potential of urban agriculture for sustainable development in the era of climate change. This should be done through rolling out pro-poor urban development policies like pro-poor rights and legislation in urban areas; poor access to financial markets; and land tenure reforms that include flexible land holding and access by the poor.
在非洲，城市农业对于解决粮食安全问题以及像加纳城市这样快速城市化地区的经济和环境可持续性至关重要。然而，在现有文献中，关于气候变化适应背景下影响城市居民参与城市农业生产的因素却鲜有涉及。认识到气候变化带来的挑战日益增加，本研究旨在了解影响城市家庭参与农业活动的社会经济因素及其对气候变化适应的影响，并描绘加纳城市地区气候变化影响时代城市家庭的社会经济特征及其与参与城市农业生产的关联。采用了定量研究方法，涉及来自不同社区的362个城市家庭样本。运用了统计分析，包括描述性统计——频数和百分比、推断性统计——卡方检验和二元回归模型，以量化人口因素与参与程度之间的关系。数据表明，在气候压力源下，家庭规模和收入等人口变量之间的相关性在α为0.05时对于确定城市家庭参与城市农业生产具有显著意义。与此同时，中高阶层地区参与城市农业的城市家庭比低阶层地区更多。土地获取主要通过购买，这在城市农业生产中是一个挑战。研究得出结论，城市家庭规模和月收入是影响城市家庭参与城市农业生产的因素，尽管土地获取也起到一定作用。研究建议政策制定者和利益相关者应在气候变化时代利用城市农业的潜力促进可持续发展。这应通过推出有利于穷人的城市发展政策来实现，比如城市地区的扶贫权利和立法；改善穷人进入金融市场的机会；以及土地权属改革，包括穷人灵活持有和获取土地。
